Prevention of dry socket, attention should be paid to tooth extraction

Dry socket is a complication that occurs after tooth extraction, which is caused by infection of the wound. Therefore, in order to prevent dry socket, you need to be careful during tooth extraction, reduce the trauma caused by tooth extraction, use medication to prevent infection after tooth extraction, and pay attention to oral care.

1. Prevention of dry socket

In order to prevent the occurrence of dry socket, trauma should be minimized during the tooth extraction process. The incision should be minimized after the tooth extraction. The buccal and lingual bone plates should be compressed to reposition them to reduce the incision. The gums should be pulled together and sutured. The sutures should not be too tight or too dense to prevent postoperative swelling. Antibiotics can be used before and after tooth extraction to prevent infection.

2. Causes of Dry Socket

The cause may be due to injury, infection, excessive socket, poor blood supply and decreased patient resistance. Histopathological findings include superficial osteitis or mild localized osteomyelitis of the alveolar socket wall.

Tooth extraction (40%):

Tooth extraction is the most commonly used treatment technique in dentistry. Because tooth extraction can cause damage to local tissues, leading to bleeding, swelling, pain and other reactions, and can also cause fluctuations in blood pressure, body temperature and pulse, it must be treated with caution.

Wound infection (30%):

Infection in medicine refers to local tissue and systemic inflammatory responses caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites invading the human body. Another factor causing this disease is wound infection caused by oral bacteria.

3. Diet and health care

① 50g of yam, boil until crispy, add 50g of polished rice, cook into porridge, drink warm; 20 red dates, 20 longan pulps, boil into soup, drink warm; 20g of astragalus, boil into thick juice, 500g of young chicken, steam in a steamer, add astragalus juice, steam until crispy, drink the soup and eat the chicken. The above is used for both Qi and blood deficiency type and spleen and stomach weakness type.

② 250g tomatoes (peeled), mix with sugar; 5g each of fresh Patchouli and fresh Cymbidium, add water and boil until 1,000ml, add 500g wax gourd cubes, cook and eat; 20g green onion (chopped into fine pieces), 300g tofu, add salt and mix. The above is used for wind-fire and excess heat type.